Former Syrian Minister of Defense Mustafa Tlas: Iran Has the Right to Obtain a Nuclear Bomb. Late UAE Leader Sheik Zayed Financed the Pakistani Bomb : Following are excerpts from an interview with Mustafa Tlas, former Syrian defense minister, which aired on Al-Alam TV on May 26, 2008.Read the rest of this entry »

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Here is old video of test fires, for archiving purpose.

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Iraqi Sailors receiving weapons training from the British Royal Navy.

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Iranian Power 2.

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AOL's research and development company has been unveiled in Beijing with the Chinese name of Aolong (Beijing) Technology Development Co., Ltd. According to Chinese media, Aolong formally landed in Beijing at the end of last year. The company has rented a two-floor office space which can hold over a hundred staff in a science park in Beijing. Aolong Beijing is reported to have three major departments: Labs, Mobile and Online Publishing. Of these, Labs mainly deals with next-generation Internet technology.

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Pakistan, on Monday successfully conducted the first training launch of Long Range Ballistic Missile Hatf VI (Shaheen-II) Weapon System. The launch was conducted by the Army Strategic Force Command and marked the culmination of a field training exercise. It validated the operational readiness of a strategic missile group equipped with Shaheen-II missile. Shaheen-II is Pakistan’s longest range ballistic missile system with a range of 2000 Km. It is a two stage solid fuel missile which can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads.Read the rest of this entry »

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Pakistan has successfully launched surface-to-surface Hatf VI, Shaheen II Ballistic missile on Monday that is capable of carrying all types of conventional and nuclear warheads. Army strategic command force had successfully test-fired a nuclear capable Hatf VI, Shaheen II ballistic missile on Saturday at the end of military exercises, with a range of 2,000 kilometers and also capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads.Read the rest of this entry »

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Indian shares rose Wednesday, lifted by strong buying of technology stocks. The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark 30-stock Sensex rose 91 points, or 0.6 percent, to 16,244 points. On the broader National Stock Exchange, the 50-company S&P Nifty index rose 0.2 percent to 4,887 points. Technology stocks gained, taking comfort from Infosys Technologies Ltd.'s projection of higher-than-expected revenue growth in fiscal 2009. Infosys was up 5.9 percent at 1,600 rupees, followed by Wipro Ltd., up 5.4 percent at 447 rupees, and Satyam Computer Services Ltd., up 0.4 percent at 454 rupees.

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Pakistan is all set to setup a pavilion in the Defence Services Asia 2008(DSA) exhibition to be held in Kaula Lumpur Malaysia, from 21st to 24th April, 2008. Pakistan defence industry will have one of the biggest presence in the exhibition and would introduce wide variety of defence products including infantry weapons, -Personal Defense Weapons, .Artillery Ammunition, Tank & Anti-Tank Ammunition, AirCraft & AntiCraft Ammunition, Hand Grenades, Small Arms Ammunition, Pyrotechnics & Demolition Store and Propellants and Explosives. DSA is the largest defence and security exhibition in the Asia Pacific region.

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iDcentrix (OTCBB: IDCX), unveils its unique ID card technology to the Latin American region today - the market's only banknote paper polycarbonate based credential that can't be counterfeited. "As the largest Latin American card exhibition & conference, Cards 2008 is the best venue to showcase this innovative ID card product," says iDcentrix president and CEO Francine Dubois. "Many countries in the region are looking for more secure technology for their critical ID credentials, and we believe there may be significant opportunities in 2008 for the iDcentrix approach to ID security.

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The air travel misery will probably get worse. Massive flight cancellations by American Airlines -- including 16 at Denver International Airport on Thursday -- are likely to spread to other carriers as federal regulators step up their scrutiny of aircraft inspections after years of more lenient enforcement. And as oversight tightens and Congress puts its glare on the airlines, passengers are paying the price. Flying on U.S. airlines has never been safer. But mutual trust between the Federal Aviation Administration and carriers was undermined by last month's revelation that Southwest Airlines flew planes that had missed inspections -- a violation of federal standards.

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Computer displays that fit into contact lenses, machines that assemble themselves, tools that let a doctor see precisely which of your cells has cancer, and nanodevices that monitor your health and dispense medicines -- these are just some of the projects that Iranian-American scientist and researcher Babak Parviz of the University of Washington is pursuing. In an age of narrow specialization, a list of Parviz's accomplishments looks like that of several different scientists rather than just one. Parviz is a leader in such exotic topics as bionanotechnology, self-assembly, nanofabrication and microelectricalmechanical engineering.

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A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) court has dropped the corruption case against former chairman of Pakistan Steel, Usman Farooqui under National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) on the petition of NAB.
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Iran's new nuclear negotiator Saeid Jalili is headed to Rome on his first mission in the new job -- a meeting with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
The 42-year-old diplomat, who has served a succession of Iran's leaders going back to 1989 in key background positions, will be travelling with Iran's outgoing chief negotiator Ali Larijani, a decision announced Sunday by the foreign ministry to give added backing to the newcomer on the job.

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South Korea announced Monday that a woman who is a bioengineering student would become its first astronaut. She is scheduled to blast off on board a Russian Soyuz rocket on April 8 on a trip to the International Space Station that will be watched on television by millions of South Koreans. The astronaut, Yi So-yeon, 29, was selected after the Russian space authorities accused the South Korean man who was initially chosen for the mission of breaking training rules. While South Korea appeared unhappy that it had been asked to make the switch so close to the scheduled launching, women’s groups said Ms. Yi’s participation was likely to further improve the status of women in South Korea’s traditionally male-dominated society.

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